Hobby beekeeping is generally permitted on appropriately zoned Rialto lots under Title 6/Title 18, but every apiary in California must register annually with the San Bernardino County Agricultural Commissioner under Cal. Food & Agricultural Code § 29040, and hives must be located, watered and screened so foraging bees do not become a nuisance to neighbors.
California Food & Agricultural Code § 29040 requires the owner, broker or possessor of any apiary located in the state on January 1 to register the number of colonies in each apiary with the county agricultural commissioner (San Bernardino County in Rialto's case). Mid-year acquisitions must be registered within 30 days, and relocations between counties reported within 72 hours under § 29070. Rialto Title 6 / Title 18 govern where hives may sit on a lot — typically rear yard, set back from property lines and right-of-way, with a flyway barrier or hedge so the bee flight path rises above pedestrian height. Apiaries that swarm, sting neighbors, or lack a water source can be abated as a public nuisance under RMC Title 6 even when otherwise lawfully kept.
Unregistered apiaries violate Cal. Food & Ag Code § 29040; nuisance hives (no water, no flyway barrier, aggressive swarms) trigger Rialto Community Compliance abatement under Title 6. Africanized colonies must be re-queened or removed.
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